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Jewish Folklore in Israel
A history of the development of academic Folklore studies in Israel with additional links to many other sites, both Jewish and Folkloric.
http://www.folklore.org.il/

Baltic Institute of Folklore (BIF) Home Page
The Institute was founded by the academic folkloric institutions of the three Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- in 1995 to coordinate folklore studies and research. The site includes archives, a newsletter, academic contacts, and conference information.
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/BIF/bhome.htm

UCLA Folklore and Mythology Archives
Educational site presenting a wide variety of material on folklore, art, medicine, music, religion, and dance.
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/archives/

Utah State University Fife Folklore Archives
One of the largest repositories of American folklore in the US, housing over 25 folklore collections and projects, home to Utah State University's graduate Folklore Program, and part of USU's Special Collections and Archives, where the historical American Folklore Society Manuscript Collection is ho used.
http://www.usu.edu/~folklo/folk.htm

Southern Folklife Collection
An introduction to online cultural resources offered by the Manuscripts Department, Academic Affairs Libraries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: finding aids and guides, databases, photographs, sound recordings, and exhibits.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/

University of Missouri Folklore Collection
Descriptive catalogue of the Folklore section of the University of Missouri's Western Historical Manuscript Collection in Columbia; includes papers, diaries and memoirs of some of the state's noted academic and hobby folklorists.
http://www.system.missouri.edu/whmc/tl-folk.html